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Portrait Vessel of a Ruler with Face Paint and Large Earflares by Moche — VisualArtsDB

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Portrait Vessel of a Ruler with Face Paint and Large Earflares

Portrait Vessel of a Ruler with Face Paint and Large Earflares

Portrait Vessel of a Ruler with Face Paint and Large Earflares

-100–500

Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Dimensions: 20 × 13.7 × 16.2 cm (7 7/8 × 5 3/8 × 6 3/8 in.)
Genre: Earthenware
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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americasandeanearly intermediate periodvesselsearthenwarevesselceramicsmochicapeopleinorganic materialArts of the Americassouth americanPre-Columbianmocheportraitsandesmochica iiiceramicart of the americasterracotta

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